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Chapter VI
“I suppose you have heard the news, Basil?” said Lord Henry that evening as Hallward was shown into a little private room at the Bristol where dinner had been laid for three. “No, Harry,” answered the artist, giving his hat and coat to the bowing waiter. “What is it? Nothing about politics, I hope!
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a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading ““I suppose you have heard the news, Basil?””
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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading said Lord Henry that evening as Hallward was shown into a little private room at the Bristol where dinner had been laid for three.
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading Nothing about politics, I hope!
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading “No, Harry,” answered the artist, giving his hat and coat to the bowing waiter.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “No, Harry,” answered the artist, giving his hat and coat to the bowing waiter.
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From this reading “No, Harry,” answered the artist, giving his hat and coat to the bowing waiter.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading said Lord Henry that evening as Hallward was shown into a little private room at the Bristol where dinner had been laid for three.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading said Lord Henry that evening as Hallward was shown into a little private room at the Bristol where dinner had been laid for three.
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From this reading “I suppose you have heard the news, Basil?”
the past participle of “be”
From this reading said Lord Henry that evening as Hallward was shown into a little private room at the Bristol where dinner had been laid for three.
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From this reading “No, Harry,” answered the artist, giving his hat and coat to the bowing waiter.
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From this reading said Lord Henry that evening as Hallward was shown into a little private room at the Bristol where dinner had been laid for three.
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From this reading “No, Harry,” answered the artist, giving his hat and coat to the bowing waiter.
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From this reading said Lord Henry that evening as Hallward was shown into a little private room at the Bristol where dinner had been laid for three.
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From this reading said Lord Henry that evening as Hallward was shown into a little private room at the Bristol where dinner had been laid for three.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading said Lord Henry that evening as Hallward was shown into a little private room at the Bristol where dinner had been laid for three.
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From this reading “No, Harry,” answered the artist, giving his hat and coat to the bowing waiter.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading said Lord Henry that evening as Hallward was shown into a little private room at the Bristol where dinner had been laid for three.
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From this reading said Lord Henry that evening as Hallward was shown into a little private room at the Bristol where dinner had been laid for three.
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From this reading “No, Harry,” answered the artist, giving his hat and coat to the bowing waiter.
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From this reading “No, Harry,” answered the artist, giving his hat and coat to the bowing waiter.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “I suppose you have heard the news, Basil?”
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From this reading “I suppose you have heard the news, Basil?”
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From this reading said Lord Henry that evening as Hallward was shown into a little private room at the Bristol where dinner had been laid for three.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading “No, Harry,” answered the artist, giving his hat and coat to the bowing waiter.
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From this reading Nothing about politics, I hope!
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “I suppose you have heard the news, Basil?”
moving to the inside of something
From this reading said Lord Henry that evening as Hallward was shown into a little private room at the Bristol where dinner had been laid for three.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “What is it?
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading “What is it?
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From this reading said Lord Henry that evening as Hallward was shown into a little private room at the Bristol where dinner had been laid for three.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading said Lord Henry that evening as Hallward was shown into a little private room at the Bristol where dinner had been laid for three.
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From this reading said Lord Henry that evening as Hallward was shown into a little private room at the Bristol where dinner had been laid for three.
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From this reading “I suppose you have heard the news, Basil?”
not any; not one
From this reading “No, Harry,” answered the artist, giving his hat and coat to the bowing waiter.
not one thing; not anything
From this reading Nothing about politics, I hope!
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From this reading Nothing about politics, I hope!
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From this reading said Lord Henry that evening as Hallward was shown into a little private room at the Bristol where dinner had been laid for three.
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From this reading said Lord Henry that evening as Hallward was shown into a little private room at the Bristol where dinner had been laid for three.
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From this reading said Lord Henry that evening as Hallward was shown into a little private room at the Bristol where dinner had been laid for three.
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From this reading said Lord Henry that evening as Hallward was shown into a little private room at the Bristol where dinner had been laid for three.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “I suppose you have heard the news, Basil?”
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading said Lord Henry that evening as Hallward was shown into a little private room at the Bristol where dinner had been laid for three.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “I suppose you have heard the news, Basil?”
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From this reading said Lord Henry that evening as Hallward was shown into a little private room at the Bristol where dinner had been laid for three.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “No, Harry,” answered the artist, giving his hat and coat to the bowing waiter.
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From this reading “No, Harry,” answered the artist, giving his hat and coat to the bowing waiter.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading said Lord Henry that evening as Hallward was shown into a little private room at the Bristol where dinner had been laid for three.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading “What is it?
in or at the place that
From this reading said Lord Henry that evening as Hallward was shown into a little private room at the Bristol where dinner had been laid for three.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “I suppose you have heard the news, Basil?”
